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'''Jennifer Brea''' is | '''Jennifer Brea''' is a filmmaker, activist and [[Myalgic encephalomyelitis|myalgic encephalomyelitus]] (ME) patient. Along with [[Beth Mazur]], she co-founded #[[MEAction]]. Jennifer is also the founder of [[MEpedia]] and director of ''[[Unrest]]'', an award-winning documentary film about living with [[Myalgic encephalomyelitis|ME]]. | ||
Jennifer was initially misdiagnosed with "[ | Jennifer was initially misdiagnosed with "[[conversion disorder]]" instead of ME; she was seriously harmed after a walk home from her neurologist's office when she should have been ordered to get complete [[bed rest]] for her best chance of recovery.<ref name="BBC2017">{{Cite web | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-41888146 | title = I made a film from my bed to show my illness is real | date = November 9, 2017|publisher=BBC News}}</ref>[http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thecoffeeklatch/2013/10/26/jennifer-brea--canary-in-a-coal-mine Jennifer Brea - Canary In A Coal Mine - The Coffee Klatch - Listen @4:00]</ref> | ||
== | In 2012 Jennifer married Omar Wasow<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/02/fashion/weddings/jennifer-brea-omar-wasow-weddings.html Jennifer Bréa, Omar Wasow]</ref>, a famous TV talk show, film producer<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1717399/ Omar Wasow IMDB]</ref> and founder of Blackplanet.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackplanet Blackplanet]</ref> | ||
Jennifer directed and produced the film '' | |||
==''Unrest'' documentary film== | |||
[[File:J Brea TED.JPG|200px|thumb|right|Jen uses a [[Severe and very severe ME|use a wheelchair]] keeping her legs up due to [[Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome|POTS]] as her blood pools into her legs]] | |||
Jennifer directed and produced the film ''Unrest'' which premiered at the ''Sundance Film Festival'' in January 2017 and was on the shortlist for the 2017 Academy Awards. | |||
==Articles== | ==Articles== | ||
*Dec 27, 2017 - [https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2017/12/27/they-told-illness-was-all-head-was-because-woman/47zuihgBfZqPdNe7S40hSJ/amp.html ''They told me my illness was all in my head. Was it because I’m a woman?''] in The Boston Globe | *Nov 9, 2017 - [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-41888146 I made a film from my bed to show my illness is real] | ||
*Dec 27, 2017 - [https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2017/12/27/they-told-illness-was-all-head-was-because-woman/47zuihgBfZqPdNe7S40hSJ/amp.html ''They told me my illness was all in my head. Was it because I’m a woman?'']<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2017/12/27/they-told-illness-was-all-head-was-because-woman/47zuihgBfZqPdNe7S40hSJ/amp.html | title = They told me my illness was all in my head. Was it because I’m a woman? - The Boston Globe | last = Brea | first = Jennifer | date = Dec 27, 2017 | website = bostonglobe.com|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2018-10-12}}</ref> | |||
== Talks and interviews == | |||
*Jan 2017, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4695rbOZIg&app=desktop Sundance Film Festival - Meet the Artist '17: Jennifer Brea]<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4695rbOZIg&app=desktop | title = Meet the Artist '17: Jennifer Brea | last = Brea | first = Jennifer | date = Jan 18, 2017 | website = Youtube|publisher=Sundance Institiute|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=}}</ref> | |||
*Jan 2017, [[What happens when you have a disease doctors can't diagnose - TED Talk (2016)|What happens when you have a disease doctors can't diagnose]] (TED Talk) | |||
*Jan 20, 2017, [http://www.kpcw.org/post/sundance-reel-hour-one-january-20-2017#stream/0 Sundance Reel hour one - Jan 20, 2017]<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://www.kpcw.org/post/sundance-reel-hour-one-january-20-2017#stream/0 | title = Sundance Reel hour one - January 20, 2017 | last = Wells | first = John | date = Jan 20, 2017|work=|access-date=2018-10-12|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|publisher=KPCW | last2 = Larson | first2 = Nell|at=31 min|language=en}}</ref> Audio interview with Jennifer Brea and Omar Wasow about ''Unrest'' (31mins in) | |||
*Feb 10 2017, [https://www.npr.org/transcripts/514158225 Jennifer Brea: Can The Internet Help You Get The Right Diagnosis?] - NPR (transcript) | |||
*May 18, 2017 - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Najd5O7usnQ Congressional Briefing on ME/CFS]<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Najd5O7usnQ | title = Congressional Briefing on ME/CFS | last = Markey | first = Ed | date = May 26, 2017 | website = YouTube|publisher=SolveCFS|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=}}</ref> ([http://solvecfs.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/InvisibleCrisis_wide_051817-print.pdf Slides of briefing])<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://solvecfs.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/InvisibleCrisis_wide_051817-print.pdf | title=Slides of Congressional Briefing on ME/CFS | last = | first = | date = May 2017 | website = solvecfs.org|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=}}</ref> | |||
*May 6, 2018, [https://www.meassociation.org.uk/podcast/ Episode One] [[The ME Show]] podcast by [[Gary Burgess]]<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.meassociation.org.uk/podcast/ | title = The ME Show | last = Burgess | first = Gary | date = Apr 20, 2018 | website = [[ME Association]]|publisher=ME Association|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2018-10-12}}</ref> | |||
*[http://jenbrea.com/media List of talks and interviews at jenbrea.com] | *[http://jenbrea.com/media List of talks and interviews at jenbrea.com] | ||
== Awards == | == Awards == | ||
*2015, [ | *2013, [https://www.prohealth.com/library/prohealths-2013-advocate-of-the-year-jennifer-brea-32242?site=articles ProHealth’s 2013 Advocate of the Year – Jennifer Brea]<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.prohealth.com/library/prohealths-2013-advocate-of-the-year-jennifer-brea-32242?site=articles | title = ProHealth’s 2013 Advocate of the Year – Jennifer Brea | last = Verrillo | first = Erica | date = Jan 25, 2014 | website = prohealth|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=}}</ref> | ||
* | *2015, [https://www.indiewire.com/2013/12/congrats-to-canary-in-a-coal-mine-novembers-project-of-the-month-241464/ Congrats to ‘Canary in a Coal Mine,’ November’s Project of the Month!]<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.indiewire.com/2013/12/congrats-to-canary-in-a-coal-mine-novembers-project-of-the-month-241464/ | title = Congrats to ‘Canary in a Coal Mine,’ November’s Project of the Month! | last = Indiewire | date = 2013-12-09|work=IndieWire|access-date=2018-10-12|language=en-US}}</ref> | ||
*2017, [https://www.prohealth.com/library/prohealth-is-proud-to-announce-its-2017-advocate-of-the-year-jennifer-brea-43998 ProHealth is proud to announce its 2017 Patient Advocate of the Year – Jennifer Brea]<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.prohealth.com/library/prohealth-is-proud-to-announce-its-2017-advocate-of-the-year-jennifer-brea-43998 | title = ProHealth is proud to announce its 2017 Patient Advocate of the Year – Jennifer Brea | last = Verrillo | first = Erica | date = Mar 5, 2018 | website = prohealth.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=}}</ref> | |||
==Learn more== | ==Learn more== | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Brea Wikipedia - Jennifer Brea] | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Brea Wikipedia - Jennifer Brea] | ||
*2016, [ | *2016, [http://blog.ted.com/the-story-of-a-baffling-illness-jen-brea-speaks-at-tedsummit/ The story and stigma of a baffling illness: Jen Brea speaks at TEDSummit]<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://blog.ted.com/the-story-of-a-baffling-illness-jen-brea-speaks-at-tedsummit/ | title = The story and stigma of a baffling illness: Jen Brea speaks at TEDSummit | last = Colman | first = David | date = 2016-06-27|work=TED Blog|access-date=2018-10-12|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|language=en-US}}</ref> | ||
*2016, [http://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/1/c/3/1c390d4707a99658/WMCLive_Episode159.mp3?c_id=11198959&expiration=1458653445&hwt=a2af508e00d7e147da703b67289fe339 Women's Media Center with Robin Morgan]<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://secure-hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/1/c/3/1c390d4707a99658/WMCLive_Episode159.mp3?c_id=11198959&cs_id=11198959&expiration=1539364834&hwt=8358265220c7cbb5ffd9b71178756e50 | title = Interview With Jen Brea | last = Morgan | first = Robine | date = 2016 | website = |publisher=Women's Media Center Live|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=}}</ref> (Audio) | |||
*2016, [http://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/1/c/3/1c390d4707a99658/WMCLive_Episode159.mp3?c_id=11198959&expiration=1458653445&hwt=a2af508e00d7e147da703b67289fe339 Women's Media Center with Robin Morgan] | |||
==Online presence== | |||
*[http://www.twitter.com/jenbrea Twitter] | *[http://www.twitter.com/jenbrea Twitter] | ||
*[http://www.jenniferbrea.com Website] | *[http://www.jenniferbrea.com Website] | ||
== See also == | |||
* [[Severe and very severe ME]] | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
{{Reflist}} | |||
[[Category:People with ME, CFS, and/or FMS]] | |||
[[Category:Advocates or allies]] | |||
[[Category:People with ME, CFS, and/or FMS]] [[Category:Advocates or allies]][[Category:American advocates or allies]] | [[Category:American advocates or allies]] |
Latest revision as of 13:55, April 2, 2023
Jennifer Brea is a filmmaker, activist and myalgic encephalomyelitus (ME) patient. Along with Beth Mazur, she co-founded #MEAction. Jennifer is also the founder of MEpedia and director of Unrest, an award-winning documentary film about living with ME.
Jennifer was initially misdiagnosed with "conversion disorder" instead of ME; she was seriously harmed after a walk home from her neurologist's office when she should have been ordered to get complete bed rest for her best chance of recovery.[1]Jennifer Brea - Canary In A Coal Mine - The Coffee Klatch - Listen @4:00</ref>
In 2012 Jennifer married Omar Wasow[2], a famous TV talk show, film producer[3] and founder of Blackplanet.[4]
Unrest documentary film[edit | edit source]
Jennifer directed and produced the film Unrest which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2017 and was on the shortlist for the 2017 Academy Awards.
Articles[edit | edit source]
- Nov 9, 2017 - I made a film from my bed to show my illness is real
- Dec 27, 2017 - They told me my illness was all in my head. Was it because I’m a woman?[5]
Talks and interviews[edit | edit source]
- Jan 2017, Sundance Film Festival - Meet the Artist '17: Jennifer Brea[6]
- Jan 2017, What happens when you have a disease doctors can't diagnose (TED Talk)
- Jan 20, 2017, Sundance Reel hour one - Jan 20, 2017[7] Audio interview with Jennifer Brea and Omar Wasow about Unrest (31mins in)
- Feb 10 2017, Jennifer Brea: Can The Internet Help You Get The Right Diagnosis? - NPR (transcript)
- May 18, 2017 - Congressional Briefing on ME/CFS[8] (Slides of briefing)[9]
- May 6, 2018, Episode One The ME Show podcast by Gary Burgess[10]
Awards[edit | edit source]
- 2013, ProHealth’s 2013 Advocate of the Year – Jennifer Brea[11]
- 2015, Congrats to ‘Canary in a Coal Mine,’ November’s Project of the Month![12]
- 2017, ProHealth is proud to announce its 2017 Patient Advocate of the Year – Jennifer Brea[13]
Learn more[edit | edit source]
- Wikipedia - Jennifer Brea
- 2016, The story and stigma of a baffling illness: Jen Brea speaks at TEDSummit[14]
- 2016, Women's Media Center with Robin Morgan[15] (Audio)
Online presence[edit | edit source]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "I made a film from my bed to show my illness is real". BBC News. November 9, 2017.
- ↑ Jennifer Bréa, Omar Wasow
- ↑ Omar Wasow IMDB
- ↑ Blackplanet
- ↑ Brea, Jennifer (December 27, 2017). "They told me my illness was all in my head. Was it because I'm a woman? - The Boston Globe". bostonglobe.com. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
- ↑ Brea, Jennifer (January 18, 2017). "Meet the Artist '17: Jennifer Brea". Youtube. Sundance Institiute.
- ↑ Wells, John; Larson, Nell (January 20, 2017). "Sundance Reel hour one - January 20, 2017". KPCW. 31 min. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
- ↑ Markey, Ed (May 26, 2017). "Congressional Briefing on ME/CFS". YouTube. SolveCFS.
- ↑ "Slides of Congressional Briefing on ME/CFS" (PDF). solvecfs.org. May 2017.
- ↑ Burgess, Gary (April 20, 2018). "The ME Show". ME Association. ME Association. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
- ↑ Verrillo, Erica (January 25, 2014). "ProHealth's 2013 Advocate of the Year – Jennifer Brea". prohealth.
- ↑ Indiewire (December 9, 2013). "Congrats to 'Canary in a Coal Mine,' November's Project of the Month!". IndieWire. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
- ↑ Verrillo, Erica (March 5, 2018). "ProHealth is proud to announce its 2017 Patient Advocate of the Year – Jennifer Brea". prohealth.com.
- ↑ Colman, David (June 27, 2016). "The story and stigma of a baffling illness: Jen Brea speaks at TEDSummit". TED Blog. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
- ↑ Morgan, Robine (2016). "Interview With Jen Brea". Women's Media Center Live.